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So (Moses) threw his rod, and behold, it was a serpent, plain
(for all to see)!

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And he drew out his hand, and behold, it was white to all
beholders!

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(Pharaoh) said to the Chiefs around him: "This is indeed a
sorcerer well-versed:

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"His plan is to get you out of your land by his sorcery; then
what is it ye counsel?"

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They said: "Keep him and his brother in suspense (for a
while), and dispatch to the Cities heralds to collect-

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"And bring up to thee all (our) sorcerers well-versed."

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So the sorcerers were got together for the appointment of a
day well-known,

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And the people were told: "Are ye (now) assembled?-

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"That we may follow the sorcerers (in religion) if they win?"

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So when the sorcerers arrived, they said to Pharaoh: "Of
course - shall we have a (suitable) reward if we win?

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He said: "Yea, (and more),- for ye shall in that case be
(raised to posts) nearest (to my person)."

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Moses said to them: "Throw ye - that which ye are about to
throw!"

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So they threw their ropes and their rods, and said: "By the
might of Pharaoh, it is we who will certainly win!"

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Then Moses threw his rod, when, behold, it straightway
swallows up all the falsehoods which they fake!

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Then did the sorcerers fall down, prostrate in adoration,

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Saying: "We believe in the Lord of the Worlds,

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"The Lord of Moses and Aaron."

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Said (Pharaoh): "Believe ye in Him before I give you permission? surely he
is your leader, who has taught you sorcery! but soon shall ye know! Be sure
I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and I will cause
you all to die on the cross!"

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They said: "No matter! for us, we shall but return to our Lord!

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"Only, our desire is that our Lord will forgive us our faults,
that we may become foremost among the believers!"

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By inspiration we told Moses: "Travel by night with my
servants; for surely ye shall be pursued."

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Then Pharaoh sent heralds to (all) the Cities,

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(Saying): "These (Israelites) are but a small band,

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"And they are raging furiously against us;

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"But we are a multitude amply fore-warned."

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So We expelled them from gardens, springs,

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Treasures, and every kind of honourable position;

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Thus it was, but We made the Children of Israel inheritors of
such things.

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So they pursued them at sunrise.

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And when the two bodies saw each other, the people of Moses
said: "We are sure to be overtaken."

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(Moses) said: "By no means! my Lord is with me! Soon will He
guide me!"

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Then We told Moses by inspiration: "Strike the sea with thy rod." So it
divided, and each separate part became like the huge, firm mass of a
mountain.

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And We made the other party approach thither.

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We delivered Moses and all who were with him;

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But We drowned the others.

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Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

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And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most
Merciful.

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And rehearse to them (something of) Abraham's story.

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Behold, he said to his father and his people: "What worship
ye?"

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They said: "We worship idols, and we remain constantly in
attendance on them."

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He said: "Do they listen to you when ye call (on them)?"

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"Or do you good or harm?"

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They said: "Nay, but we found our fathers doing thus (what we
do)."

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He said: "Do ye then see whom ye have been worshipping,-

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"Ye and your fathers before you?-

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"For they are enemies to me; not so the Lord and Cherisher of
the Worlds;

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"Who created me, and it is He Who guides me;

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"Who gives me food and drink,

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"And when I am ill, it is He Who cures me;

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"Who will cause me to die, and then to life (again);

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"And who, I hope, will forgive me my faults on the day of
Judgment.

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"O my Lord! deliver me and my family from such things as they
do!"

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So We delivered him and his family,- all

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Except an old woman who lingered behind.

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But the rest We destroyed utterly.

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We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was
the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!

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Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

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And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might Most
Merciful.

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The Companions of the Wood rejected the messengers.

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Behold, Shu'aib said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)?

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"I am to you a messenger worthy of all trust.

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"So fear Allah and obey me.

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"No reward do I ask of you for it: my reward is only from the
Lord of the Worlds.

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"Give just measure, and cause no loss (to others by fraud).

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"And weigh with scales true and upright.

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"And withhold not things justly due to men, nor do evil in the
land, working mischief.

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"And fear Him Who created you and (who created) the
generations before (you)"

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They said: "Thou art only one of those bewitched!

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"Thou art no more than a mortal like us, and indeed we think
thou art a liar!

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"Now cause a piece of the sky to fall on us, if thou art
truthful!"

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He said: "My Lord knows best what ye do."

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But they rejected him. Then the punishment of a day of
overshadowing gloom seized them, and that was the Penalty of a Great Day.

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Verily in that is a Sign: but most of them do not believe.

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And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most
Merciful.

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Verily this is a Revelation from the Lord of the Worlds:

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With it came down the spirit of Faith and Truth-

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To thy heart and mind, that thou mayest admonish.

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In the perspicuous Arabic tongue.

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Without doubt it is (announced) in the mystic Books of former
peoples.

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Is it not a Sign to them that the Learned of the Children of
Israel knew it (as true)?

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Had We revealed it to any of the non-Arabs,

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And had he recited it to them, they would not have believed in
it.

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Thus have We caused it to enter the hearts of the sinners.

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They will not believe in it until they see the grievous
Penalty;

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But the (Penalty) will come to them of a sudden, while they
perceive it not;

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Then they will say: "Shall we be respited?"

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Do they then ask for Our Penalty to be hastened on?

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Seest thou? If We do let them enjoy (this life) for a few
years,

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Yet there comes to them at length the (Punishment) which they
were promised!

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It will profit them not that they enjoyed (this life)!

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Never did We destroy a population, but had its warners -

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By way of reminder; and We never are unjust.

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No evil ones have brought down this (Revelation):

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It would neither suit them nor would they be able (to produce
it).

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Indeed they have been removed far from even (a chance of)
hearing it.

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So call not on any other god with Allah, or thou wilt be among
those under the Penalty.

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And admonish thy nearest kinsmen,

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And lower thy wing to the Believers who follow thee.

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Then if they disobey thee, say: "I am free (of responsibility)
for what ye do!"

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And put thy trust on the Exalted in Might, the Merciful,-

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Who seeth thee standing forth (in prayer),

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And thy movements among those who prostrate themselves,

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For it is He Who heareth and knoweth all things.

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Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil
ones descend?

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They descend on every lying, wicked person,

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(Into whose ears) they pour hearsay vanities, and most of them
are liars.

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And the Poets,- It is those straying in Evil, who follow
them:

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Seest thou not that they wander distracted in every valley?-

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And that they say what they practise not?-

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Except those who believe, work righteousness, engage much in
the remembrance of Allah, and defend themselves only after they are unjustly
attacked. And soon will the unjust assailants know what vicissitudes their
affairs will take!